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Desks and Writing Tables For Sale
Period: 21st Century and Contemporary
Period: Late 20th Century
Rodney Kinsman for Bieffeplast Rare Desk Grid Table, Italy, circa 1985
Located in Vienna, AT
Rare Rodney Kinsman for Bieffeplast Desk Grid Trestle, Italy circa 1985
Dimensions are 0,78" x 26.77" x 28,74"
Well preserved Postmodern desk perfect for any stylish daily accompli...
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1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Post-Modern Italian Aluminum Desk or Console Table with Painted Top, 1982
Located in Berlin, DE
This Post-Modern Italian Aluminum Desk or Console Table was made in around 1982.
The Table Top has been hand-painted and lacquered in the style of Alessandro Menndini.
A unique piece...
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1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Aluminum
John Van Koert for Drexel Profile Mid Century Leather Top Walnut Desk
By John Van Koert, Drexel
Located in Countryside, IL
John Van Koert for Drexel Profile mid century leather top walnut desk
This desk measures: 53.75 wide x 33 deep x 35.5 high, with a chair clearance of 25.5 inches
All pieces of ...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
Country French Baker Furniture Executive Writing Desk Circa 1980
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
For customers that require professional insured delivery we are proud to have teamed up with a nationwide professional delivery company that will assist with coordinating your delive...
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1980s American Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Cavalletto Desk by Kazuhide Takahama for Myc-Gavina, 1970
Located in Barcelona, ES
Cavalletto desk designed in 1970 by Japanese architect Kazuhide Takahama for MYC-Gavina. Rare model with three drawers in stained oak wood and champagne laminate, trestles bases in c...
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1970s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Vintage Italian Desk, 1970s
Located in HEVERLEE, BE
Vintage italian desk made from a chrome frame and brown felt.
Attractive desk with seventies vibes.
Good overall condition.
Very much in th...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
Gilbert Marklund Schreibtisch Aus Schwedischer Kiefer Inkl. Hocker
Located in Untersiggenthal, AG
Ein seltener Schreibtisch von Gilbert Marklund für Furusnickarn AB.
Schweden, circa 1970er Jahre.
Konstruktion aus Kiefer, modernistischer Stil.
In der Höhe verstellbar. ...
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1970s Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
Vintage Danish Writing Desk by Henning Kjærnulf, 1970s
Located in Store Heddinge, DK
Beautiful massiv oak writing desk by Danish architect Henning (Henry) Kjærnulf.
Danish furniture designers that gets inspiration from the time before. Style of the baroque and good woodcarved woodworking. His characteristic shaped legs in baroque style fits perfectly with the modern home interior.
Lot of space in the drawers and in the back, this table is ideal to stand off...
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1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Vintage Chippendale Style Double Sided Executive Desk by Maitland Smith
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Chippendale style double sided 3 drawer hand carved acanthus decorated cabriole legs ball & claw foot with tooled leather top executive desk by Maitland Smith
Stunning circa 1800s Design Chippendale style double sided 3 drawer with faux drawer front backside. stretcher base frame, gorgeous inlaid quality Tooled leather serpentine...
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1980s Chippendale Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Black Lacquered Wooden and Black Leather Desk with Brass Finishes
Located in Tourcoing, FR
Antique style black lacquered wooden adorned with black leather tray desk or writing table with brass finishes. Full of charm and pratical, by remov...
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21st Century and Contemporary Colonial Revival Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Drexel Heritage Federal Style Mahogany Tooled Leather Slide Top 10-Drawer Desk
By Drexel
Located in Germantown, MD
A rare Drexel Heritage Bonheur du Jour Federal Style mahogany tooled leather slide top desk with 10 functional drawers. It is superb condition and is beautifully designed. The desk area has 5 top smaller drawers, 4 rear, very deep drawers, a large center drawer with original brass drawer knobs...
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Late 20th Century American Federal Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Maree Table / Desk, IT
Located in New York, NY
The desk features two solid brass bases and a resin cast top, designed to achieve a liquid-look surface; it is finished with brush strokes of more textured resin, applied with a flui...
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2010s American Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Custom Desk or Writing Table Made from Reclaimed Pine
By Ken Petersen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This custom desk or writing table is made from reclaimed pine with one large drawer that can be pulled out from either side. The table shown here is 17.5" x 42" but can be built in a...
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2010s English Primitive Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Reclaimed Wood
Rococo Black Lacquered Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
An English Rococo black lacquered desk with gilt-tooled red leather top, carved and gilded decorations with three shaped frieze drawers and cabriole...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Rococo Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
Gorgeous Custom Bennetts Desk with Antiqued Painted Finish and Walnut Top
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Stunning custom Discoveries writing desk by Bennetts Furniture having an off-white antiqued painted dragged finish offset with rich walnut inlay ha...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Walnut
Vintage 1970s Spanish 5-Drawer Bamboo Lined Wooden Writing Desk Cabinet Bureau
Located in Marbella, ES
Vintage 1970s Spanish 5-drawer bamboo and woven wicker lined wooden writing desk cabinet bureau.
Category
Late 20th Century Spanish Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bamboo, Wicker
Chippendale Style Desk by Henredon
By Henredon
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This stylish Chippendale inspired desk/center table dates to the 1980s and is fabricated in pickled mahogany, with brass hardware and a glass top.
Category
Late 20th Century American Chippendale Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Cassina Rodolfo Dordoni Chrome Mylar and White Milk Glass Dining Table or Desk
Located in North Miami, FL
This Italian modern and contemporary round dining table or desk or entry table designed by Rodolfo Dordoni for Cassina is from about 2012. ...
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2010s Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
Louis XV Leather Top Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
A French Louis XV style fine deep rosewood bureau plat writing desk, the leather inset brass moulded edge top above three shaped frieze drawers wi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Retro Czechoslovakian Mid-Century Modern Writing Table, ca. 1970s
Located in Budapest, HU
Retro Czechoslovakian writing table, manufactures in the 1970s in mid-century modern style.
Neat minimalistic desk with functional drawers and elegant table legs,
in fair condition.
Category
1970s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Floating Desk
Located in Sebastopol, CA
The floating desk by Taylor Donsker features a wall mounted California Claro Walnut live edge slab, rosewood butterfly joinery and recessed solid wood dr...
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2010s American Organic Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Louis Cane, Bronze and Walnut Desk, Bureau Plat
By Louis Cane
Located in East Hampton, NY
Louis Cane, patinated bronze and oak bureau plat, c. 2001, France. The walnut parquet top over three frieze drawers, cast bronze frame and pulls, from the "...
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Early 2000s French Expressionist Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Paul Evans Brutalist Skyline Dining Table
By Paul Evans
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Paul Evans brutalist sculpted bronze dining table with 48" x 96" x 3/4" thick glass top. With smaller glass top can be used as a desk. Signed PE70
Only base is 65" x 27".
Category
1970s American Brutalist Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Isabella Costantini, Italy, Gemma Desk
Located in Ascoli Piceno, IT
Designed by IC and realized by expert Italian artisans, the Gemma desk features rounded corners, three drawers and a side closed compartment hiding a shelf. The piece is elegantly en...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Enzo Mari Style Sculptural Solid Wood and Glass Desk, Italy, 1970s
Located in Naples, IT
Removable solid wood desk, with shaped glass shelf from the 1970s.
Original furniture by the Arch. Nicola Pagliara, Neaples
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood
Simon Desk
Located in Carmel, CA
Maximize your workspace right at home with the Simon desk. Cleverly designed to wrap around you while you work, the curved lines give you more area to spread out while conveniently.
Category
2010s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Pommele Old Growth Redwood Athol Desk
Located in Sebastopol, CA
The Athol desk by Taylor Donsker features a live edge pommele old growth Redwood slab with recessed cast bronze tree bark doors opening to a concealed compa...
Category
2010s American Organic Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Regency Leather Top Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Regency style leather top walnut carved writing table with brass lion heads, carved acanthus knees, three drawers, and Lion paw feet.
Dimensions: 64"W x 30.25"D x 30.75"H.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Midcentury Walnut Serpentine Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Mid-Century Modern walnut veneered writing table with four serpentine sides, brass round capitals, a long central drawer on turned and tapered legs.
Dimensions: 60" W x 30" D x ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
"Heavy Traffic" 21st Century Desk, Walnut and Maple by Ivan Paradisi
Located in Turin, IT
The dense idea of a city, with roads, smog, but also the intense presence of people all living together is What Ivan Paradisi wanted to achieve with this piece, the concept is based ...
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2010s Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Maple, Walnut
French Neoclassic Writing Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
A fine French neoclassic carved and inlaid top writing table. With a beautifully inlaid parquetry banded top, finely carved palmettes motifs to sides, acanthus carved and wrapped tur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Blackened Steel and Layered Bronze Desk, Usa
By Gary Magakis
Located in New York, NY
Gary Magakis’ unique steel and bronze desk reflects the sculptor’s distinct approach to creating bold and dense geometric forms that exude a Modernist elegance and buoyance. At once ...
Category
2010s American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Curvy Vanity Table
Located in San Pietro di Morubio, Verona
Easily transferable from the bedroom to the living room, where it can be used as a writing desk, this vanity merges functionality with style in a sleek design that will fit a modern decor. The rectangular oak-veneered top is supported by two U-shaped brass legs with a slightly curved base. On one side, a flip-top mirror reveals a practical space to keep cosmetics, jewelry, and accessories out of sight and well organized.
Combining the traditional smoked oak pattern with contemporary curves in furniture, Kabinet Studios transforms this time-old technique into a refined modern-day collection.
Complementing the oak veneer so that each piece appears to be made from solid wood which gently curves. The Curvy collection includes a sideboard, display cabinet, vanity table...
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2010s Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Rare Stunning Atomic Age Boomerang Desk and Gemini Leather Armchair, France 1970
Located in New York, NY
France, 1970's
A phenomenal Space Age boomerang desk. A beautifully elongated and angled Formica top cantilevers over a steel column with a spring-loaded compartmentalized drawer, raised on a cast iron base sheathed in original red shag carpeting. Accompanied by a sleek Gemini armchair...
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Custom Sit/Stand "Essentials Desk" with Solid Wood Top and Metal Base, Small
Located in Vancouver, B.C.
Break up long periods of sitting at a desk and improve your productivity by switching to standing. The height adjustable Essentials Desk gives you the freedom to do both. The desks h...
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2010s Canadian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Custom Sit/Stand "Essentials Desk" with Solid Wood Top and Metal Base, Medium
Located in Vancouver, B.C.
Break up long periods of sitting at a desk and improve your productivity by switching to standing. The height adjustable Essentials Desk gives you the freedom to do both. The desks h...
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2010s Canadian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Custom Sit/Stand "Essentials Desk" with Solid Wood Top and Metal Base, Large
Located in Vancouver, B.C.
Break up long periods of sitting at a desk and improve your productivity by switching to standing. The height adjustable Essentials Desk gives you the freedom to do both. The desks h...
Category
2010s Canadian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Escape Desk, 'Patagonia', Crushed Glass and Black Silica by Fernando Mastrangelo
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A layering of powdered glass and sand, the made-to-order desk consists of gradients of tones and textures suggesting layers of earth, mountain ranges, otherworldly skies and bodies o...
Category
2010s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass
'Pistole et Chiavi' "Pistols and Keys" Desk by Gio Ponti and Piero Fornasetti
By Fornasetti
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
'Chiavi et Pistole' desk designed by Gio Ponti (1891-1979) and Piero Fornasetti (1913-1988). A stunning black lacquer four-drawer desk on brass sabots. Printed with pistol and key mo...
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1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Lacquer
Contemporary Claro Walnut Live Edge Table with Cast Bronze Edge
Located in Sebastopol, CA
Handcrafted by Taylor Donsker in Northern California, the cast edge desk features a cast bronze live edge seamlessly attached to a single slab of highly figured Claro walnut. The woo...
Category
2010s American Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Steel
Elephant Tusk Console Table by Suzanne Dahl & Jerry Barich
Located in Chicago, IL
Lucite and tusk console table with substantial solid brass brackets designed by Suzanne Dahl & Jerry Barich for the Versailles collection. Tusks are...
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1970s American Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Michel Cadestin and Georges Laurent Desk and Filing Cabinet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Michel Cadestin and Georges Laurent office suite from the administrative offices at the centre Georges Pompidou by Teda, France.
Category
1970s French Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Laminate
Antique and Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Choosing the perfect writing desk or writing table is a profoundly personal journey, one that people have been embarking upon for centuries.
Queen Atossa of Persia, from her writing table circa 500 B.C., is said to have been the originator of the art of handwritten letters. Hers was reportedly the first in a long and colorful history of penned correspondence that grew in popularity alongside literacy. The demand for suitable writing desks, which would serve the composer of the letters as well as ensure the comfort of the recipient naturally followed, and the design of these necessary furnishings has evolved throughout history.
Once people began to seek freedom from the outwardly ornate styles of the walnut and rosewood writing desks and drafting tables introduced in the name of Queen Victoria and King Louis XV, radical shifts occurred, such as those that materialized during the Art Nouveau period, when designers longed to produce furniture inspired by the natural world’s beauty. A prime example is the work of the famous late-19th-century Spanish architect Antoni Gaudí — his rolltop desk featured deep side drawers and was adorned with carved motifs that paid tribute to nature. Gaudí regularly combined structural precision with decorative elements, creating beautiful pieces of furniture in wood and metal.
Soon afterward, preferences for sleek, geometric, stylized forms in furniture that saw an emphasis on natural wood grains and traditional craftsmanship took hold. Today, Art Deco desks are still favored by designers who seek to infuse interiors with an air of luxury. One of the most prominent figures of the Art Deco movement was French decorator and furniture designer Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann. With his use of neoclassical motifs as well as expensive and exotic materials such as imported dark woods and inlays of precious metals for his writing desks, Ruhlmann came to symbolize good taste and modernity.
The rise in appreciation for Scandinavian modernism continues to influence the design of contemporary writing desks. It employs the “no fuss” or “less is more” approach to creating a tasteful, sophisticated space. Sweden’s master cabinetmaker Bruno Mathsson created gallery-worthy designs that are as functional as they are beautiful. Finnish architect Alvar Aalto never viewed himself as an artist, but, like Mathsson, his furniture designs reflected a fondness for organic materials and a humanistic approach. Danish designers such as Hans Wegner introduced elegant shapes and lines to mid-century desks and writing tables, often working in oak and solid teak.
From vintage desks to contemporary styles, 1stDibs offers a broad spectrum of choices for conducting all personal and business writing and reading activities.
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